Sergey Ognev

Sergey Ivanovich Ognev (Russian: Серге́й Ива́нович Огнёв) (17 November 1886 in Moscow – 20 December 1951 in Moscow) was a scientist, zoologist and naturalist, remembered for his work on mammalogy.

He graduated from Moscow University in 1910, the same year in which he published his first monograph.

In 1928, he became a professor at the Moscow State Pedagogical University.

He published a variety of textbooks in zoology and ecology.

His magnum opus, Mammals of Russia and adjacent territories, was never completed.